Bracket for pivotally supporting signs, mirrors, and similar devices.



M. TISOHLBR. BRACKET POE PIVOTAL-LY SUPPORTING SIGNS, MIRRO RS, AND SIMILAR DEVICES.

APPLIGATION TILED OOT.19, 1910.

Z SHEETS-SHEET L- /NVEN70/-? 72 670066 Zfd 6/ Z67 Patented Sept. 15, 1914.

M. TISCHLER. BRACKET FOR PIVOTALLY SUPPORTING SIGNS,

MIRRORS, AND SIMILAR DEVICES. APPLICATION FILED 00119, 1910.

2 SKEETS-SHEBT 2 rr-03MB? Patented-Sept 15, 1914..

25 consists in certain improvements, anti com- F033, EI'VBTAL Y SUPPORTING SIGNS, .[AEJIE SIi'HL-EE lflif' f-IGEEL Epcoiflcstion of Letters Ee'vcnt.

iiflllififi'fifia hi'cpi'o 11.1%- .4 v Application mac. fictobcr 13, 1am. Serial s0. cameo, To aZ-Z whom it may concern v ticaily alineoi speriures. lh swinging Be it known that 1, Moses Trsorrmrc I bracket is con'iposcd. of a pair of simihi-rfhut citizen of the United States, residing at I rcvcrsely arranged upper and lower hjraclrct New York", in the'counhy of'NeW York asmi I members each hcving pair of lugs 4;

Sic to of New York, have invented new and which form forks adapted ho occupy a I? useful Improvements in Brackets for Pivot tion shore and. beiow e19 J e"pcci;:'ve bcerin eily Supporting Signs, Mirrors, end Similar block and s hoif; Devices, of which the following a speciyorf the Lugs 4 and is threaded into the other :fication. lug of .the bracket. member, its

is My present invention relates to improveportion journalod in the ver a merits in brackets for pivomiiy sup 'iorting are in the respective hearing block, is the mirrors, picture frames, boits are in aiinemem, the two hraci 1 d h d i ,meinhers 3 will swing; about the cal axis. The bracket members 3 mo 1 vinied with sockets 6 toward one an posiition so that g sod throngs one advertising signs I and it has for its object prinmrily to provide e relatively silnpie and. I inexpensive bracket of this character the construction of which is such as to enable it I to he adjusted or edalpved for devices of ciifife'rent sizes, and ii). practice hrachets I which support the device will be rigidly! 2O ccnneoced so as to swing in unison, the l 0,

L 1 iv. Your 4 pieced rice rest in the spcctivc sockeis, 8 their equiv- :iients being used 1. gidiy securing he respective bracket members, bar "4' forming operative connection octween the members w'hc eby both merc will turn about the vertical. unison. If; is obvious that the cocc such that the bracket incrnh hearing hiocks may specci a distance to conform the device supported by f v v the com-rocking or T? mejv" he a] brackets being mounted to swing on one axis While the device supported by the brackets may swing on its own axis.

To these and other cnds the invention blnetions and arrangements of parts, all as will he hereinafter more fully described, the novel features being pointed out particuiariv in the claims at the end of the spccifi- I Cil'ijOlL w lance-ii to ccnfomn to the distance between 5 In accompanying drewingz--Figure I the bracket members.

him be picture represents in elevation a, bracket-b con- The device 9 which. a siructeri in accordance with one embodiment frame mirror, edvcrmising sign or of my invention; Fig. 2 represents a section mounted between and susseined the on zhe line of l and. looking orackec in such a Way that the device may Eco downwardly; Fi a collective view revolve on a vertical axis snri any ssimhie showing in plan side elevation rcspecmeans A cry he proviied for-pivotaily supporting this device 9 upon the brackets I rivei one of the bearing blocks for the prefer, however, coemploy ig'ho structure hreo vct; Fig. 4 IS. a view similar to Fig. 1,'

ranged one above the other one} having ver parts, however, being shown iii section and euhsfianfiiaily as ilhlscrated in Figs. 1 and 2, Y iiiustreting a modified form of the inventhe outer ends of the brocket nembers in time; Fig. 5 is scoiiective view showing in ehis form of the invention being provided plan and side elevation respectively the hear svihh vertical sockets l0 which receive a verihgs adapted to be attached to "the device tics her or spindle "11, the ends of this bar carried. by ibhe bracket; and Fig. 6 is a top or spindle being rigidiy atisched to the rc- 100 plan view of the iovver hrech'e membero spective bracket members by the set-ecre vs Simiier parts are designated b'yihe some 1201- their equivalents and the device 9 is reference characters in the several views. mounted 3o revolve on the her or spimilc 11 In that embodiment of the in ention 7 by means of che hearings l8 vvhich are join shown in Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive, iahe bracket nafieoi on the bar 11 and iney he attached by 105 is shown applied to a frame 1 which may screws as shown or by other suimole means form part of any suitable structure. To to the frame portion of the device 9. v i this frame a pair ofbesring blocks 2 are in chat form of the'invenision shown in sihached, these bearing- .hlocks being er Figs 4 to 6 inclusive, the bracket members 1% end 15 are forked es in izhe construction porting the device,

by the bearlng 13.

connecting said forks and bearbracket members being also formed with sockets, the socket of 'one bracket member being opposed to and in alinement with the socket of the other bracket, member, a rod independent of the pivot pins for said bracket members and having its ends seated and secured rigidly but detachably in the sockets of the respective bracket members and forming a rigid connection between said members which spaces them axially and insures turning of said members in unison about their respective pivot pins, and a device supported by the enter ends of and r'evolubly mounted between said bracket members on an axis parallel to the pivot pins of the latter.

A bracket of the class described compin turnably hereinbeforeidescribed and they cooperate ing block, said with a pair of bearing blocks 16 suitably secured to an appropriate supporting frame. In this instance, however, the bracket members are connected to the respective bearing blocks by means of screws 17' which are tapped intd the upper portion of the upper bracket andthe lower portion of the lower bracket, respectively. The forks 18 of the bracket members opposedto the forks there- 'of which receive the screws 17 are provided at points in alinement withthe screws 17 with angular socketslS), and'these sockets are adapted to receive the respective ends of a connecting bar 20 which has an angular cross-section corresponding to the shape of the sockets. Pins 21 may be inserted into the forks 18 and caused to engage in trans verse apertures formed in the respecti e prising, in combination, a pair of arms, ends of the bar 20 for the purpose of lockhinges pi 'otally supporting said arms, the ing the bar 20 to the respective brackets. hingepintles being in alinement, each arm This bar 20 corresponds to the bar T in the baring adjacent to the respective binge pin- :Em'mer construction and forms an operative connection between tie bracket n'lembers which will insure the turning thereof in unison, the bracketmcmhcrs bei'ng rigidly connected at all times by this bar. In this form of the invention, the lower bracket member l5 is provided with means similar to that shown in l for revolubly supthat is to say, it has a vertical socket 10 formed on its outer en to receive the vertical bar or spindle 11, this bar or spindle is secured in the socket 1O by the set-screw l2,'and the device is journaled on the vertical -bar or spindle 11 The upper bracket member 14, however, is adapted to be attached to the device 9 in a somewhat different manner, its outer end being formed with a vertical bore .23 which is countersunk at its upper end, and an ordinary wood screw may be passedthrough this bore and engaged in lie :1 socket the opening in which races the other arm, a spacing bar having its ends seated and secured rigidly in said sockets oi the respective arms, a rod extending between and rigidlyconnecting the outer ends of said arms, and an object pivotally mounted on said rod and turnable about the same as an axis.

3. A bracket of the class described com prising, in combination, a pair of arms, hinges pivotally supporting said arms, each arm having adjacent to its respective hinge a socket the opening in which faces the other arm and the outer ends of the arms being formed with alined apertures, a pair of'parallel rods, one having its ends seated and secured rigidly in said sockets,

the alined apertures at the ends of the arms, and an ob cct arranged between the arms and pivoted to turn on one of said rods as the top of the frame forming part of the an axis. p i I device 9. f In testimony whereof I have hereunto set I claim as my invention: my hand in presence of, two subscribmg wit- 1. A swinging support for signs, mirrors ncsses. and similar devices comprising, in combination, a pair oi bracket members, each bracket member embodying as a unit forks, a bear-' ing block between said forks, and a pivot MOSES TTSCHLER.

Witnesses CHARLES on Lwnicsovics,

Louis Harms.

and the other red having its ends secured rigidly 1n 

